[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] "Byte-vector" would be a better name than "bytes" for a data type.

Abdulaziz Ghuloum aghuloum at cs.indiana.edu
Thu Nov 16 21:37:50 EST 2006


On Nov 16, 2006, at 9:30 PM, David T. Pierson wrote:

> Another idea:
>
>   blob
>
> This name actually has precedents, at least in database systems.

blob == binary large object.

But our objects may not be large at all.

Try Bob :-)

Aziz,,,




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